Day 344 - Record a Living Eulogy

365 daily emails to help you through the grieving process Grief support groups: Click here to find a GriefShare group near you. If you would like to find a group for a friend or relative, try our Search Page. Want to read ahead or resend a previous daily email? Click Here Record a Living Eulogy Day 344 You can record a living eulogy on a videotape or audiocassette. Plan a time when your loved ones are all together. Each person could share a favorite song and Bible verse. Go around the room and ask specific questions, or have each person share something nice about the person next to him or her. Reminisce happy memories that include those in the room. Also, share thoughts and memories about loved ones who are no longer with you. Pastor Buck Buchanan says, "The benefit I've seen is the event itself, just getting the family together. There's a lot of crying; there's a lot of laughing; there's a lot of exchange. You see the family's relationships coming out. It is extremely helpful in healing." This is the perfect opportunity to let those around you know how much you love and value them for who they are. Sometimes in grief you will cling too tightly to family members who are still living because you fear losing them as well. This does not make them feel loved and valued; that behavior is based on fear. Bring the family together. Plan a special evening of living memories, laughter, favorites, questions, and tears. Let God's love flow through you. "These days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city … that the memory of them should not perish among their descendants" (Esther 9:28 nkjv). Father God, You created me to be in a family. Teach me to cherish my loved ones in a way that is healthy and true. Amen. Through a Season of Grief The daily email messages you are receiving are also available in a book format. Purchase as a gift for a friend or buy a print copy for yourself. Through a Season of Grief by Bill Dunn and Kathy Leonard is available at online and local bookstores or at griefshare.org/devotional. If you would like to recommend these daily emails to a friend, please click here and choose one of the options under Share. For more information about GriefShare, including how to sign up for these daily emails, please click here. All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2003-2013 by The Church Initiative, Inc., All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without explicit permission in writing from Church Initiative. You subscribed to this daily email through www.griefshare.org. We value your privacy! We will never give, sell, rent, or otherwise share your email or personal information with any other organization — EVER. To remove this email address from further mailings Click Here while connected to the internet. If you have any problems or concerns, please contact dailyemailsupport@griefshare.org. GriefShare 250 S. Allen Rd. Wake Forest, NC 27587 (800) 395-5755